Air Moldova

FRA-KIV-FRA. This route is now run by an old MD-82 leased from Sky Wings (Greece). This plane has no markings and my seat had no tray table. Parking is at the furthest stand from the terminal so you will have a very long ride to/from Terminal 2. FRA-KIV meal was OK as was the service. KIV-FRA breakfast was great. No in-flight entertainment either way.

I'd give it a solid average rating. It seems you can never get a uniform service though; sometimes you can buy a bottle of wine other times you are told wine is not sold or available or wine is served with the meal and sometimes there is none. The flight attendants are perfunctorily friendly something expected from a former communist mentality (customer service-wise). Air Moldova offers the cheapest airfare I have found and the only direct flight from Frankfurt.

KIV-FRA-KIV. The airline currently uses A320-200 former Ansett Australia airplanes. Service was average. Food pretty simple and included sliced ham and cheese a bun and salad tea or coffee and dessert. Service average but the good part is the Moldovan red wine they serve on board! Flight attendants friendly but disappeared soon after the empty food trays were collected. Air Moldova is the only non-stop option between Chisinau and Frankurt and in terms of price much cheaper compared to other Air Moldova routes.

I used to regularly fly Air Moldova and could see a huge improvement for the last years. The service on flights to Western Europe was always rather very good. Even if in the beginning nothing was different from a regular Aeroflot plane commodities (Tupolev 134) the air hostesses were very attentive and tried their best (speaking English as well as Russian and Romanian). Recently they got Airbus 320 and the flight is a real pleasure. Air Moldova has added lately their entertainment TV program in flight. That is also a change to the horrible comedy Russian shows they used to air before.